Augustus John
British painter, 1878–1961
Began exhibiting at the N.E.A.C. 1900; member 1903. First one-man exhibition at the Carfax Gallery 1903. Professor of Painting at Liverpool University 1901–4. Painted in Ireland, Dorset and Wales, where he camped with gypsies and worked with Innes and Derwent Lees 1911–14. Exhibited at the Chenil Galleries, Alpine Club Gallery, Independent Club, Independent Gallery, etc. A.R.A. 1921, R.A. 1928, resigned 1938, re-elected 1940. Member of the London Group 1940–61. Awarded O.M. 1942.
Travelled widely in Europe and paid several visits to the United States and Jamaica. Lived in Dorset, London and later in Hampshire. Retrospective exhibition of drawings at the National Gallery 1940, and of drawings and paintings at Temple Newsam, Leeds, 1946; Welsh National Eisteddfod, Bridgend, and Welsh and English tour 1948–9 (organized by the Arts Council); Scott and Fowles, New York, 1949; R.A. Diploma Gallery 1954; and Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1956. His Chiaroscuro, Fragments of Autobiography: First Series was published in 1952. Died at his home at Fordingbridge, Hampshire 31 October 1961.
[Source: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/augustus-john-om-1362]
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